May 1 to 31.2006
Sony Science Education Program for Children & SSTA
Training workshops for young teachers were held at 3 sites!
Training workshops for young teachers with 3 to 5 years of experience will be held at 5 sites this year.
This month, workshops were held at 3 sites - Kumamoto (on the 13th and 14th), Kanagawa (on the 20th and 21st), and Kyoto (on the 27th and 28th).
At all sites, the instructors gave lessons to the young teachers in near individual format, and created instruction plans for the actual classes for the second semester and after.
In addition, hands-on experiments and outdoor observations were held, improving the participating teachers' skills in ways immediately applicable to the actual classes.
For event information and future schedules, please refer to the following URL.
http://www-sec.sony-ef.or.jp/young/index.html
Class Instruction Discussion Session of the Full Awradment Project School FY2005 to be held on June 16th!
Class Instruction Discussion Session of the Full Awradment Project School FY2005 will be held on June 16th, Friday, at Kariya Higashi Junior High School, Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture.
Open lessons and study conferences in all subjects will be held with the topic "Fostering Children with enquiring attitudes and an appreciation for the science" and the subtopic "Creating Classes that Inspire Students to Love Your Subject".
The open lessons exhibit the implementation of the educational plan of this school, which received the Full Awardment in "Sony Science Education Program for Children".
General lessons in science, art, and home economics will be exhibited in "Environmental Cross Curriculum - Climbing Mt. Fuji". Lessons in science, P.E., ethics will be exhibited with "Cross Curriculum to think about Life". Also, lessons in Japanese, social science, mathematics, science, English, music, and technology will be exhibited under the theme "Creating Classes that Inspire Students to Love Your Subject", which is the school's fundamental objective.
Furthermore, a commemorative lecture will be held by Dr. Shunpei Yamazaki (President of Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd./Doctor of Engineering) who studied under Dr. Yogoro Kato, a person deeply associated with Kariya City.
Dr. Yamazaki is registered in the Guinness Book of World Records (2006 edition) for obtaining a total of 3245 patents.
We sincerely look forward to your participation.
Refer to the following URL for further details.
http://www.sony-ef.or.jp/science/taikai/2006_kariyahigashi_guide.html
Sony Preschool Education Program for Children
Schedule for Practical Teaching Presentations in June
The research presentations of fostering scientific mind in children will be held at the following 2 locations.
- June 10 (Sat) Keyanomori Kindergarten (Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture)
- Participants will watch "Hayashi-Asobi (playing in the woods)"
The lecturer will be Ms. Mitsuko Kaminaga, assistant professor at Seitoku University.
- Participants will watch "Hayashi-Asobi (playing in the woods)"
- June 17 (Sat) Tokiwakai Kindergarten, Division of Tokiwa College (Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture)
- Sectional meetings will be held for ages 3, 4, and 5, with different topics.
The lecturer will be Mr. Masahiro Ariga, professor at Osaka Kyoiku University.
- Sectional meetings will be held for ages 3, 4, and 5, with different topics.
http://www.sony-ef.or.jp/preschool/2006exhibition/index.html
Schedule for Practical Teaching Proposal Study in June
Workshop base on the proposal will be held as the following.
June 30 (Fri) Wakabadai Nursery (Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture)
http://www.sony-ef.or.jp/preschool/2006exhibition/jissenteian.html
Booklets of the Practical Teaching Cases are now available.
We are distributing vol. 2, 3 of "Fostering Scientific mind", a collection of past case reports, to those who wish to receive them.
Please contact us if you are interested. (You must pay the shipping fee for 5 or more copies)
Note: All contents are displayed on the homepage as well.
http://www.sony-ef.or.jp/preschool/practice/index.html
Web Magazine: "Did You See That? The Spirit of Science"
This month's themes are the following! Please take a look.
- Vol.25 "Insects" Known and unknown
http://www.sony-ef.or.jp/preschool/webmagazine/webmag25.html - Vol.26 "Be Keen" Cutting extra leaves off a tomato plant
http://www.sony-ef.or.jp/preschool/webmagazine/webmag26.html
Note: Refer to back numbers for issues uploaded before June 5th.
The next issue, vol.27, will be on "Soil"- making compost. To be uploaded on June 5th (Mon)
Wellspring of Science Inspiration---Children's Schoolhouse of Dreams
Participant candidates for the 2nd "Wellspring of Science Inspiration - Children's Schoolhouse of Dreams" have now moved on to the 2nd round of screening.
Results will be announced by the beginning of June.
In parallel to this, we will hold monthly instruction-meetings to discuss the contents of activities.
